Another name for thin spaghetti, which on inspection looks much like small worms one eats, rather than ones that
eat one; also, it not being a word derived from an Italianate word that means the plural of musical
vermin playing the cello badly, although this could become a popular misconception of its meaning if one put one’s mind to it.
“You’ve burnt the
vermicelli,” the
banker said to his wife, who had heard it all before, as she did it deliberately every Friday to annoy him whenever he annoyed her over exceeding her weekly
housekeeping allowance.
